Queen bee

[bashnagdul]

do drone bees die when not in a bee skep?
as in, can we just collect them and store drone bees in a shed till we have a hive thats needs em?

[Kandarim]

I'm pretty sure mine died while in a skep too, so I assume they just have a limited life-span.

[pestilence123]

I put 42 drones in shed and now there are only 23 drones. They die fairly quickly.

[lachlaan]

Finally! I hath deviated from my flower/grass hunt to attempt argos with my lack of combat gear and flimsy internet connection, because I decided I most definetly needed some beaks to make big feasting sessions worth the effort. Fast forward past a pack of argos, and the RNG gods rewarded me for my carelessness (had way too much **** i shouldn't have risked taking into an argo fight xD not to mention a hefty amount of overencumberence), and I got both my queen and a canine Life is good, for now >.>

[mrmay87]

A mature hive can indeed produce another queen. A fresh hive will not. However, if a bee keeper lets two queens exost in the hive for any extended period of time one of the queen bees will simply fly away and take half the hive population with her.

Got one!!!!

[Nikixos]

I just got my first bee queen after 2.5 hours of foraging stupid flowers like a sissy

But do drones spawn in the bee skep like in real life, or do i have to forage for them everytime they die?
And if i have to forage... can it be just 1 drone per bee skep? i guess i'll just buy them anyways.

[JohnCarver]

Drones will indeed spawn in a bee skep.

[nickbalev]

what do you consider bee food i have 3 fully grown hickory trees , 6 pots with flowers, 2 planted fields and few berry bushes next to my skep and still cant make it work it had a queen and 4 drones inside

[lachlaan]

I think it needs just a few more drones until it starts producing dem worker babbeez.

[Lusewing]

I had 7 drones for my Queen (Snow white) and they started producing a steady supply of workers